over the years I've mainly used the british stuff as that was what we had and been quite happy with it, even finding the cheapo budget stuff useable for shelters and lanyards. the past few years though I have read loads on how much better the american stuff is as it has more threads in the middle and all other stuff is rubbish.
well today as I was bored and I did a proper comparison as I bought a load from the moot and have been chopping it up - the US stuff does have 2 more threads than the british stuff then it becomes useless really, you cant unravell it and use the kernmantel threads as they are too small to work with. its prettier cord in many colours, makes good accessories and is pleasant to work with, you can strip the inner thread, still have a usefull bit of cord and there it ends.
The brit stuff you can strip the inner threads out for sewing or fishing, still have a good bit of cord like the US stuff but then you can strip it down further to make a dozen or so threads the same size as the inner ones, I once made a gill net from a 2m piece of brit cord as part of a challenge on a course. try that with US stuff.
well today as I was bored and I did a proper comparison as I bought a load from the moot and have been chopping it up - the US stuff does have 2 more threads than the british stuff then it becomes useless really, you cant unravell it and use the kernmantel threads as they are too small to work with. its prettier cord in many colours, makes good accessories and is pleasant to work with, you can strip the inner thread, still have a usefull bit of cord and there it ends.
The brit stuff you can strip the inner threads out for sewing or fishing, still have a good bit of cord like the US stuff but then you can strip it down further to make a dozen or so threads the same size as the inner ones, I once made a gill net from a 2m piece of brit cord as part of a challenge on a course. try that with US stuff.